Bindery
★ 47MIT LicenseOpen Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · ComposeNo external DB
About
Bindery is a self-hosted conversion service aimed at e-reader owners who want books and comics automatically prepared for their devices. It watches input folders, converts incoming EPUBs for Kobo...
Community Ratings
No ratings yetFeatures
- Watched-folder conversion
- Kobo EPUB to KEPUB conversion
- Comic/PDF conversion to device-optimized files
- WebUI on port 5000
- Light and dark themes
- Drag-and-drop uploads
- Live job status table
- Retry failed jobs
- File browser for outputs
- Push notifications via Apprise
Details
- Last Updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- Created
- Mar 5, 2026
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-compose
- Requirements
- Python 3.12+kepubifyKindle Comic Converter (KCC)Apprise
- Backup & Export
- file-backup
- Runtime / Stack
- Docker
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (6 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ 12235dd · scanned Aug 1, 2026
services:
bindery:
image: dinkeyes/bindery:latest
container_name: bindery
ports:
- "5000:5000"
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
# - SKIP_CHOWN=true # uncomment for NFS/SMB volumes the container can't chown
volumes:
- ./config:/app/config
- ./books_in:/Books_in
- ./books_out:/Books_out
- ./comics_in:/Comics_in
- ./comics_out:/Comics_out
- ./comics_raw:/Comics_raw
restart: unless-stopped
logging:
driver: "json-file"
# ...
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